"Sarah" in Graphite

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"Sarah" in Graphite

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A quick pencil portrait of a friend...
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Beautiful work.
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Wow. That's real nice, Bryan.
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How did you learn to draw?
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Wow... great work.
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On reading the title my first thought was:

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Sarah, in Carbonite!
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Nutso wrote:How did you learn to draw?
I always sketched a little bit as a kid, but about 10 years back, I took what we will call an "18-month legal vacation." With not much to do for a year and a half but read, write, and draw, I basically sat down and just forced myself to learn to create photo-realistic drawings. I did a lot of horse portraits and then moved onto humans. There's no formal training and I have what I would consider a pretty sloppy technique - just put down pencil and go back between shading and/or erasing until it looks out - I wouldn't quite call it the ideal way to be about it, and I couldn't draw a freehand stick figure without numerous retouches, but it seems to serve my purpose.
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Pretty spectacular output no matter how you got there.
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IanKennedy wrote:Pretty spectacular output no matter how you got there.
Thank you, sir!
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Graham Kennedy wrote:Sarah, in Carbonite!
The river Temarc, in winter.
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Sonic Glitch wrote:
Graham Kennedy wrote:Sarah, in Carbonite!
The river Temarc, in winter.
Bryan, his hands gray, his pencil sharp...
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